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Jun 20, 2026 · Backend Development

How Multica Agents Acquire, Execute, and Report Tasks: Inside the Task Lifecycle

This article dissects Multica's agent task lifecycle, explaining how a state‑machine model, three‑level watchdog timeouts, a string‑based failure classifier, and precise cache‑invalidation rules together ensure agents run reliably, distinguish between long‑running and stuck tasks, and report progress without overwhelming the network.